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Company Launches
606 Films: Halle Berry and
Elaine Goldsmith-Thomas have launched this production company, based at CBS Television Studios, to generate socially conscious content.
Kathryn Tyus-Adair has been named Senior Vice President.
Exit 31: ESPN has combined three of its units, ESPN Films, Grantland, and FiveThirtyEight.
Marie Donoghue, Senior Vice President, Global Strategy, Business Development, and Business Affairs at ESPN, has been named head of the new group. It also includes
Connor Schell, Vice President, ESPN Films and Original Entertainment,
Nate Silver, Editor in Chief, FiveThirtyEight,
Bill Simmons, Editor in Chief, Grantland, and
David Cho, Senior Director, Strategy and Business Development, Grantland and FiveThirtyEight.
Imperative Entertainment: Tim Kring,
Bradley Thomas, and
Zak Kadison have formed this multi-platform production company with financing from the Friedkin Group.
TAPP: Jeff Gaspin, Chairman, and
Jon Klein, Chief Executive Officer , have announced this platform for celebrity-driven online channels.
Untitled Emile Gladstone Management Company: Emile Gladstone has launched this management and production company.
Studios, Networks, and Media Conglomerates
20th Century Fox Television: Jennifer Carreras has been promoted to Vice President, Comedy Development.
20th Century Fox Television: Mandy Summers has been promoted to Vice President, Current Programming.
20th Century Fox Television: Jen Weinberg has been hired as Vice President, Talent Relations and Events.
20th Century Fox Television Distribution: Kristen Finney has been promoted to Senior Vice President, Worldwide Pay Television & Subscription VOD Distribution.
ABC Family: Robert Prinz has been promoted to Executive Director, Development & Programming.
CA Media: Rajesh Kama has been promoted to Group Chief Operating Officer and will relocate to Singapore.
CNN: Leslie Picard has joined as Senior Vice President of Sales and Branded Solutions, CNN Ad Sales.
Fox Broadcasting Company: Terence Carter has been promoted to Executive Vice President, Development and Programming, Drama.
Charlie Andrews has been promoted to Senior Vice President, Development and Programming, Drama.
Fox Broadcasting Company: Suzanna Makkos has been promoted Executive Vice President, Development and Programming, Comedy.
Lauren Levy Neustadter has been promoted to Senior Vice President, Development and Programming, Comedy.
Samata Narra has been named Vice President, Development and Programming, Comedy.
Fox Deportes: Carlos Sanchez has been hired as Executive Vice President and General Manager.
Tribune Broadcasting: Devin C. Johnson has joined as Senior Vice President and Head of Digital Media.
Warner Bros. Pictures: Jon Gonda has been named Creative Executive.
Film
Arrow Films: James White has joined as Head of Technical & Restoration.
British Film Institute (BFI): Andrea Wong, Pete Czernin and Jonathan Ross have joined BFI’s Board of Governors.
Cinemark: Steve Bunnell has been promoted to Executive Vice President, Global Content.
Cinemark: Ricardo Szperling has been promoted to Vice President, Film Buying & Programming, Latin America.
Main Street Films: Sophie Nicolaou has been named Vice President, Marketing and Communications.
Pantelion Films: Auri Maruri has joined as Director, Production and Development.
Sidney Kimmel Entertainment: Carla Hacken has been named President, Production.
Television
Endemol Beyond Spain: Francisco Asensi was hired as Managing Director.
marblemedia: Roberto Alcantara has been hired as Vice President, Primetime Development, in Canada.
Zodiak Media: Gaspard de Chavagnac has been named Chief Executive Officer, Zodiak France.
Agencies, Management Companies, Public Relations, and Law Firms
Anonymous Content: David Fierson has been named Head, Business Operations.
Kleinberg Lange Cuddy & Carlo LLP: Sara Jasper Epstein has joined as Senior Associate.
Paradigm: Adam Kanter and
Martin Spencer have joined as Agents.
Cable
CNN: Jon Adler has been promoted to Associate Director, Program Development, in New York.
CNN: Shawn Giangeruso has been promoted to Director, Talent Recruitment and Development, in New York.
CNN: Leslie Picard has been named Senior Vice President, Sales and Branded Solutions, in New York.
Comedy Central: Marjorie Williams has joined as Senior Counsel, Business & Legal Affairs.
Bravo Media and
Oxygen Media: David Brewer has been promoted to Vice President, Program Strategy & Acquisitions, in New York.
Bravo Media and
Oxygen Media: David O'Connell has taken on an expanded role as Senior Vice President, Production Operations.
Bravo Media: Kathleen French and
Jenn Levy have both been promoted to Senior Vice President, Production.
Bravo Media: Zoe Rogovin has been promoted to Manager, Development.
Bravo Media: Lara Spotts has been named Senior Vice President, Development, in New York.
Discovery Communications: John Honeycutt has been promoted to Chief Technology Officer, in Maryland.
SundanceTV: Mark Williams has been promoted to Senior Vice President, Brand Creative, in New York.
SundanceTV: Jessica Gleason has been named Vice President, Production, Creative Services, in New York.
SundanceTV: Drew Pisarra has been named Vice President, Digital Media and Marketing, in New York.
SundanceTV: Mark Zadroga has been named Director, Online Content, in New York.
National Geographic Channel: Kelly Jones has been named Vice President, Ad Sales Marketing, in New York.
National Geographic Channel: Dan McDonald has been promoted to Executive Director, Programming & Consumer Research, in Washington D.C.
National Geographic Channels and
FX Networks: Eric Kracht has been named Vice President, Sales, in Detroit.
Digital
Twitter: Baljeet Singh has been named Head, Television and Video, Product Director, in San Francisco.
Publishing
Chicago Tribune Media Group (Tribune Company): Tony Hunter has been named Chief Executive Officer.
Hachette Book Group: Kate Harston has been promoted to Executive Editor, Hachette Nashville.
Hachette Book Group: Adrienne Ingrum has been promoted to Senior Editor, Hachette Nashville
Hachette Book Group: Laini Brown has been promoted to Publicist.
Hachette Book Group: Virginia Hensley. Laura Wheeler, and
Lauren Rohrig were promoted to Assistant Editor, Hachette Nashville.
Hachette Book Group: Lauren Reck has been promoted to Online Marketing Manager, Hachette Nashville.
Tribune Publishing: Jack Griffin has been named Chief Executive Officer, effective April 14, 2014.
Tribune Publishing: Eddy Hartenstein has been named Non-Executive Chairman, Board of Directors.
Music
ASCAP: Jon Bahr has been promoted to Senior Director, Marketing & Communications, based in New York.
Radio One: Laura Clark has joined as National Director of Political and Government Sales.
Marketing
Havas Worldwide: Yannick Bolloré has been promoted to Global Chief Executive Officer.
Havas Worldwide: Andrew Benett has been promoted to CEO, Advertising Network. He remains Global President, Havas Worldwide.
Havas Worldwide: Gian Carlo Lanfranco and
Rolando Cordova have each joined as Creative Director and will be based in NY.
Specific Media: Todd Scallen and
Brian Fisher have both joined as East Coast Sales Directors.
